In accord with local educational laws, all schools regardless of the ownership status should implement the national curriculum standards of Kazakhstan. This means that the curriculum of our school is based on those standards.

The period of middle school education in Kazakhstan is five years i.e. 5-9 Grades.

The purpose of middle school education is to form the personal identity of the student, to enable the student to adapt to living in society, to form awareness of the future career journey of the student taking into account his/her personal and learning goals.

Main objectives of the middle school education are to foster the following skills and attributes:

Personal character building
Basic knowledge of the fundamental sciences
Independent learning and personal development
Project and research based work
Critical and creative thinking
Personal fulfillment and cooperation in society.


In Grade 6, the language of instruction is Kazakh i.e. all subjects are taught in Kazakh.
In Grade 7-9, mathematics, computer science and natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics) are taught in English; other subjects are taught in Kazakh and Russian.
Number of the English language classes are increased in comparison with what is suggested in the national curriculum.
In Grade 8-9, students select a combination of electives so as to enable them to experience subjects related to early career orientation. This combination consists of two subjects taught 2 lessons per week and includes the following: Algebra/Physics, Algebra/Geography, Biology/Chemistry, History of Kazakhstan/Geography, Algebra/Computer science.
Upon completion of the whole course of middle school education i.e. at the end of Grade 9, students undergo the final assessment in 4 subjects.

The content of the curriculum is as follows:

In accordance with local educational laws, all schools regardless of the ownership status should implement the national curriculum standards of Kazakhstan. This means that the curriculum of our school is based on those standards.

The period of high school education in Kazakhstan is two years i.e. 10-11 Grades. The purpose of the High School education is to create a learning environment that is conducive for the academic preparation of students for the life at higher education institutions as well as for their professional development.

Main objectives of High School education are as follows:
1) Implementation of education related to science and math based on a combination of core and elective subjects;
2) Formation of academic rigor in students so as to prepare them for the enrollment to universities by offering a combination of subjects at standard and higher level;
3) Targeted development of personal character traits, social and research skills, critical thinking;
4) Assistance in recognizing students' career choice based on their interests and abilities;
5) Fostering the motivation aimed at the formation of life-long learning experience.

The content of High School education comprises the following components:

Algebra
Geometry
Computer science
Kazakh language
Kazakh literature
Russian language and literature
English language
History of Kazakhstan
Self-knowledge
Physical education
Basics of military training

Our school applies the criteria-based assessment (CBA) that was adopted by the Ministry of Education and Science so as to generate our students' termly and yearly marks. CBA is the process of evaluating (and grading) the learning of students against a set of pre-specified qualities or criteria, without reference to the achievement of others (Brown, 1998; Harvey, 2004).
CBA involves two types of assessment throughout the term - formative and summative.

The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. More specifically, formative assessments:
• help students identify their strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work
• help faculty recognize where students are struggling and address problems immediately

The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark. So, at the end of a specific unit or chapter of the curriculum teachers conduct summative assessment for unit (all of these assessment tools make up the 50% of the term mark); whilst, at the end of the term, they conduct summative assessment for term which constitutes for 50% of the term mark.

Term and year marks are calculated in accordance with the following index:

Students' marks are available in school management system Kundelik.kz and Edupage.org. When a relevant mark is entered into the system, the student and his/her parent receives a notification via a mobile application if such is installed on their mobile devices.

The duration of the academic year for grades 6-11 is 34 weeks.

The 2023-2024 academic year will be tentatively held in the following terms:

The full version of the school calendar for the 2021-2022 academic year is available at this link.